The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Side Chair

Date:: 1765–90
Geography:: Mid-Atlantic, New York, United States
Culture:: American
Medium:: Mahogany, white pine, tulip poplar
Dimensions:: 37 7/8 x 22 1/4 x 21 in. (96.2 x 56.5 x 53.3 cm)
Classification:: Furniture
Credit Line:: Given in memory of George Drew Egbert and Estelle Powers Egbert, by their children, 1966
Accession Number:: 66.108.6

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 752

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: incised inside rear seat rail: VI; incised in white chalk on the right triangular glue block: 23; incised on the left glue block: 24
Provenance

George Drew Egbert and Estelle Powers Egbert, Princeton, New Jersey, before 1940; their children, Donald Drew Egbert, Princeton, New Jersey, Louise Egbert Sailer, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and Miriam Estelle Egbert, Concord, New Hampshire, until 1966
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What
Wood (7,651)

Furniture (5,725)

Seating furniture (1,792)

Chairs (1,486)

Softwood (1,177)

Mahogany (974)

Pine (890)

Side chairs (537)

Poplar (469)
Where
North and Central America (81,404)

United States (78,109)

New York (2,785)
When
A.D. 1600-1800 (66,180)
In the Museum
American Decorative Arts (11,825)
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The United States, 1600–1800 A.D.
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